PASTEURIZED PROCESSED CHEESE FOOD PRODUCT & THE AMERICAN WHEY

In my teenage years I once said "Oh, Pasteurized Processed Cheese Food Product" Not to be a cynic, wiseass or wannabee burgeoning intellectual but because it was funny (ok, maybe I was being a wiseass). So many words to explain "Cheese" well it got a big laugh from my friends and I do believe the first place I had read this description was from a package of Individually Wrapped Kraft Cheese Slices as they were a mainstay in 1970s U.S. household living. I do sadly see that now this has been amended to "Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product" 

Well I suppose this Cow is Laughing Very Hard. This is a product of bel Brands USA based in Chicago. I Love how they all seem to be Imported Cheeses but none aren't. Either way "Laughing Cow" is one of my Favourites and the one that the Jews taught Sean and myself to enjoy at Breakfast. Just a Bite of Soft Bagel, A Nibble of Cheese. Just Fantastic. Long may she Laugh.

Alouette is somewhat of a high end product on the Cheese Product line costing an average of ($6.99/6.5 oz.) on the Supermarket shelf, I Very Fortuantely purchased my package of Alouette "Savory Vegetable" Soft Spreadable Cheese at almost half the price at $3.99. What strikes me most about this Spread is that while its packaging sports "recipes" containing Tenderloin Steak is that this is at the very heart of it "Flavored Cream Cheese" Plain and Simple.

Perhaps Alouette is Bloated in price due to it French name but nowhere does this pass the "Cheese" test. 

"Cream Cheese" yes Absolutely, But "Cheese" ?  This nearly went out the window but as there are no allusions of this being CHEESE or IMPORTED CHEESE I shall hang on.

Now this one is hard to get a handle on, Absolutely Addictive and Completely non-resistive and I am talking about WITHOUT Heating it up. If You Heat this up and start monging then the night is indeed over. I LOVE This Dip Cold right out of the Container. more on this later.

CHORIZO STUFFING

This idea came to me in a dream as it were or at the least in a waking state, my initial ideas were, "Of Course" and "Why Not ?". After procuring the Ingredients and getting them home I decided in Not cooking the Chorizo IN with the Stuffing but adding them afterwards. Chorizo does Color apply "RED" to its cooking neighbors and I wanted my Bread Stuffing to retain its Brown Bread Coloring. There is something to be said about presentation and I wanted to keep the Chorizo Oil Delicious as it may be away from the finalized dish, The Oil remained but just not boiled into the final creation color wise.

The Pre-Cooked Chorizo, Jalapeño, Onion & Garlic pre-mix.

Boxed Stuffing Recipes have also changed over the years, used to be simmer, now it is "let sit and simmer for 5 minutes" fine by me, just not the same anymore.

Anyways this came out just great and waiting to do it again.

CHILI 2014

So Easy to make but so easy to screw up, I have said previously not to skimp on the Ingredients which mainly means NO JAR SAUCE, I am fortunate to be able to get cans of Crushed Tomatoes for 99 Cents which is a lot cheaper than jar sauce anyways, takes 10 -20 more minutes to cook and dimmer and is a thousand times better.

2/23/14 

PRINGLES POTATO CRISPS

This was done in Jest (the Idea) as I saw the Pringles Facebook page littered with half pro and half con comments on how to eat Pringles. The post from Pringles ran thus "Ducklip 'em Chug 'em Flavor stack 'em Whatever you do, you don't just eat 'em" to which my reply was "2 Pringles, Pepperoni, 2 Pringles, Cheese and so on and so on" of which I did 12 hours later substituting Ham for Pepperoni. I Love my Pepperoni but a wee bit greasy for a Chip Stack.

Once again the Pringles Company has rolled out a few new Limited Edition Flavors, this is a very smart move as I along with probably a million other consumers want to try the "new" and limited flavors which ad up to a spike in sales and interest (and if very successful they do not remain limited of course). The Chili con Queso tastes just like that, Chili and Cheese and it does have a kick in the aftertaste, searched two stores before finding a tube but was ready to go to a third store. The other two Flavors are Cheeseburger and Chili y Limon. There have been many Flavors both staid and limited over the years but lets not get crazy,... or Lets.

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FRANK & SALS SALUMERIA 1/7/14 Brooklyn, New York

So, Its a Freezing day in New York and I barely made it the 400 or so feet to the corner wherein Frank & Sal's lie. I have had a Roast Beef Hero on my mind for days, maybe weeks. Order my Hero and as I am waiting there are all kinds of Delicious things on display. Sharp Provolone (cubed), Homeade Stromboli's and many Roll's (Chicken, Broccoli, Sausage) of different variation, Potato Croquettes, Mini Rice Balls, Grilled Chicken, Broccoli Rabe, Orrechetti with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage, a Rice something, Fresh Mozzarella and of course sliced Hard Sausage to go. What caught my attention was the pints on display of Chicken Soup but WHY ?. 

The Homeade Chicken Soup is right there on display in Pint containers to go and at a paltry and reasonable $2.50 but that was not it, what it was was the stringy substance at the bottom, surely not Noodles and if they were it would be Chicken Noodle Soup, maybe some kind of Veggie, but what ?.

I returned home, had half of the Delicious Hero and then took an uncalled for nap. Upon awakening I heated the Chicken Soup and to my surprise the "stringy substance" was the Chicken that fell off the Bone whilst making the Broth. I could tell immediately that this was home made, so much so that only with great trepidation did I add some (Lots of) Grated Cheese to the Soup and which is the Italian way. 

As The World Turns So The Cheese Submerges and it submerges very quickly, I could not snap a proper pic of the "floating Cheese". This Soup was Dynamite.

What I came for and what was delivered. (1) Roast Beef, American Cheese Hero with Lettuce, Tomatoes, Mayo and Oil & Vinegar ($7.69), I think they forgot the Mayo but totally cool, I have some here. I had this in 2 servings and Frank & Sal's makes a really Great Hero.

I NEED the Number 1 Specialty Sandwich. Its Prosciutto, Mortadella, Hot Cappicolla, Salami, Mozzarella, Roasted Peppers with Oil and Vinegar ($8.00)

12/23/15 - Chicken Parmigiana Stuffed Mushrooms To Go.

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